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Accommodating Victims With Mental Disabilities, Danielle Shelton
Accommodating Victims With Mental Disabilities, Danielle Shelton
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
The #MeToo movement has brought the voices of victims of sexual assault into the public’s eye and, in turn, into the legal system. As its name suggests, the movement’s strength lies in numbers—it is, after all, hard to ignore the collective voices of a group of considerable size and visibility. This Article argues that another group of victims—namely, victims who have mental disabilities— also are desperately in need of their own movement to raise public awareness and bring about reform. However, because of their cognitive and communication impairments, this group of victims is unlikely to effectuate reform itself. Instead, these …
But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon
Andrea D. Lyon
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Accommodating Employees With Mental Impairments: An Empirical Study Of Employer Practices, Karen A. Patterson
Accommodating Employees With Mental Impairments: An Empirical Study Of Employer Practices, Karen A. Patterson
Karen A Patterson
This paper discusses ADA workplace accommodations, particularly those for individuals with mental impairments, from the perspective of employers. Respondents from fourteen companies were asked to describe the firm’s accommodation process in response to hypothetical scenarios involving possible physical and mental disability issues in the workplace. Their responses were driven more by company culture, nature of the job and work environment, and the employee’s work history than by a desire to comply with legal mandates. Moreover, accommodations were frequently granted without regard to whether individuals met the legal definition of “disabled” under the recently amended ADA. In other words, most firms …
But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon
Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Executing People With Mental Disabilities: How We Can Mitigate An Aggravating Situation, Ronald J. Tabak
Executing People With Mental Disabilities: How We Can Mitigate An Aggravating Situation, Ronald J. Tabak
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
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Mental Health Courts And Title Ii Of The Ada: Accessibility To State Court Systems For Individuals With Mental Disabilities And The Need For Diversion, Ronda Cress, J. Neil Grindstaff, S. Elizabeth Malloy
Mental Health Courts And Title Ii Of The Ada: Accessibility To State Court Systems For Individuals With Mental Disabilities And The Need For Diversion, Ronda Cress, J. Neil Grindstaff, S. Elizabeth Malloy
Saint Louis University Public Law Review
No abstract provided.